Long ago in the beautiful Austrian village of Oberndorf, there lived a little church mouse named Kasper. One year, during the winter holidays, Kasper finds that there is not a single scrap of food in the entire church. In desperation he decides to take a great big bite out of the bellows of the church organ, thinking no one will care. But they do care, for the town choir is supposed to have been accompanied by the organ when they sing on Christmas Eve.

This tender book tells the story of how Kasper's mishap inspires a young pastor to write "Silent Night," one of the loveliest carols ever written.

From the dust jacket